Congratulations!

 My birthday is this month and one of my friends sent me the following, so I thought I would share it with all of you who were born in my year.

We are One-Percenters (No, Not That Kind).

If you were born between 1930 and 1946, like me, you’re part of an exclusive club: the rare 1% of your generation still alive and kicking. Forget hedge funds—you are the true "old money."

You’ve lived through the Great Depression, World War II, and the invention of... everything. You remember when “Google” was a noise your toddler made and “streaming” involved a creek and a fishing rod.

Your childhood wasn’t filled with smartphones—it was filled with smudgy ration books and the excitement of finding a sugar coupon. You saved tin foil like it was gold and poured bacon grease into cans, proving you were eco-friendly long before it was trendy.

Milk was delivered in glass bottles (and occasionally stolen by a thirsty cat), phones were mounted on the wall (in a spot where everyone could hear your conversation), and TV arrived in black-and-white glory… with only three channels. You were the remote—“Turn that knob, kid!”

Your parents didn’t hover—they were busy building a post-war world. And you? You played Jacks, Monopoly, and Marbles unsupervised because, frankly, nobody had time to supervise you. It was glorious.

Sure, polio loomed, but your generation was too busy walking uphill both ways to school to let that stop you. And when highways expanded, you discovered the thrill of going into the city to shop—a far cry from today’s "one-click checkout."

You've witnessed a world of change: typewriters gave way to computers, radios morphed into Spotify, and now your grandkids think milk comes from the store.

So, take a bow, you golden oldies. You climbed out of a global depression, survived world wars, and rode the wave of prosperity like champs. You’ve earned your spot in history—and in the 1% club.

And remember, if anyone under 50 calls you “old,” just smile and remind them: you’re vintage, not old. Cheers to us, the last generation to truly know what it means to live “in the best of times.